Massive Ransomware goes global

mapuc · 05-12-17, 02:04 PM

Beware where you go in cyberspace

http://newzsentinel.com/massive-rans...-this-is-huge/

Quote:

It is not yet clear whether the attacks are all connected. One cyber-security researcher tweeted that he had detected 36,000 instances of the ransomware, called WannaCry and variants of that name

Markus

mapuc · 05-12-17, 05:01 PM

Looking at news right now, they spend most of the time on this hacker attack, which is the television station's breaking news story. While I was watching, I came to think of the programs I've seen over the years around our modern society have become vulnerable, because almost everything is connected to the internet or other computer-controlled devices.

Now it becomes a bit conspiratory-Come to think of an article in which a man claimed that the world would end on May 13th.

Will this person be right in his claims ?

The world can also be translated into society-The world in which we live can also be written to the society in which we live.

Nothing but some thoughts about the situation about this Ransomware attack and our vulnerability.

Markus

Rockin Robbins · 05-12-17, 07:17 PM

I sit here on my Linux computer and don't have to worry about all that silliness.

Back up your Windows computers with disk image software Free Veeam Endpoint Backup is your friend.. Disconnect the drives with the backups from your system. No ransomware can touch you then. You can laugh right with me on my superior Linux machine.

STEED · 05-13-17, 03:45 AM

It seems its attacking the older Win XP version according to the news here.

Rockin Robbins · 05-13-17, 07:05 AM

Darn! I took my Windows XP guinea pig laptop down awhile ago when I replaced it with an HP All in One I acquired from a disgruntled owner, and now it won't be tested. Installed Ubuntu on the new machine and have been running XP in a VirtualBox lately when I need it. Would have been fun to see if it attracted the ransomeware.

STEED · 05-13-17, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Microsoft patches Windows XP to fight the WannaCrypt ransomware attacks

https://betanews.com/2017/05/13/micr...mware-attacks/

http://www.zdnet.com/article/wannacr...r-old-systems/

05-12-17, 07:17 PM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I sit here on my Linux computer and don't have to worry about all that silliness. Back up your Windows computers with disk image software Free Veeam Endpoint Backup is your friend.. Disconnect the drives with the backups from your system. No ransomware can touch you then. You can laugh right with me on my superior Linux machine. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

05-13-17, 03:45 AM	#4
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	It seems its attacking the older Win XP version according to the news here. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-13-17, 07:05 AM	#5
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Darn! I took my Windows XP guinea pig laptop down awhile ago when I replaced it with an HP All in One I acquired from a disgruntled owner, and now it won't be tested. Installed Ubuntu on the new machine and have been running XP in a VirtualBox lately when I need it. Would have been fun to see if it attracted the ransomeware. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

05-12-17, 05:01 PM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Looking at news right now, they spend most of the time on this hacker attack, which is the television station's breaking news story. While I was watching, I came to think of the programs I've seen over the years around our modern society have become vulnerable, because almost everything is connected to the internet or other computer-controlled devices. Now it becomes a bit conspiratory-Come to think of an article in which a man claimed that the world would end on May 13th. Will this person be right in his claims ? The world can also be translated into society-The world in which we live can also be written to the society in which we live. Nothing but some thoughts about the situation about this Ransomware attack and our vulnerability. Markus